US EditionAmnesty International and Rights Groups Issue a World Cup Travel Advisory for the US
The groups said visitors could face detention, deportation and invasive searches, and urged FIFA and U.S. officials to provide binding safety assurances.
- On Thursday, more than 120 rights groups, including the American Civil Liberties Union and Amnesty International, issued a travel advisory for the 2026 FIFA World Cup, warning visitors of "serious rights violations" due to US immigration policies.
- The warning points to a "deteriorating human rights situation" amid concerns over how President Donald Trump's hardline immigration policies will interact with the tournament, with groups citing the absence of concrete guarantees from FIFA or the US government.
- Advisories highlight specific risks including arbitrary entry denials, invasive social media screening, and detention, with groups warning visitors could face "suppression of speech and protest" while detained by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement .
- White House spokesperson Davis Ingle dismissed the warnings as "scare tactics," stating the event will be the "safest and most secure in history" while urging fans and journalists to have an emergency contingency plan.
- With 78 of 104 matches scheduled in the US, the coalition warns that travelers from immigrant communities and LGBTQ+ individuals face particular vulnerability, while 39 countries currently face wide-ranging US travel bans.
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Amnesty, ACLU issue warning on US travel ahead of World Cup
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FIFA faces backlash as Trump’s immigration agenda threatens World Cup
Civil groups in the USA are warning travellers of serious rights violations after Trump doubled down on its oppressive immigration and anti-human rights agenda. Moreover, this is happening in the run-up to the Men’s 2026 FIFA World Cup in June. The signatories to the letter include Amnesty, NAACP, and ACLU, among others. Fans, journalists and others traveling to the United States for the 2026 FIFA World Cup risk encountering a deeply troubling …
More than 120 organizations, including ACLU, alert foreign supporters, players and journalists to the risk of denial of entry, arbitrary detention and inhuman treatment in the United States during the 2026 World Cup, and call on Fifa to intervene with the US government.
New York., More than 120 human rights organizations yesterday issued a travel warning stating that visitors to the 2026 World Cup could face “serious rights violations” due to U.S. government migration policies.
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